ScummVM IRC Log - 16 May 2017

[Back to Index]

[00:00] <-- t0by left irc: Quit: t0by
[00:10] <Lightkey> Meredith_: http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Datafiles#7th_Guest.2C_The there should be more than one file
[00:30] --> Stormkpr joined #scummvm.
[00:31] <Meredith_> Thanks so much!!! It worked. :)
[00:31] <-- Meredith_ left irc: Quit: Page closed
[00:33] <-- Stormkeeper left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[00:42] --> t0by joined #scummvm.
[00:42] #scummvm: mode change '+o t0by' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[00:45] <-- t0by left irc: Client Quit
[00:46] --> t0by joined #scummvm.
[00:46] <-- t0by left irc: Changing host
[00:46] --> t0by joined #scummvm.
[00:46] #scummvm: mode change '+o t0by' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[00:48] <-- t0by left irc: Client Quit
[00:57] --> t0by joined #scummvm.
[00:57] #scummvm: mode change '+o t0by' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[01:05] <snover> after trying to get this to work for two days, im starting to think that my attempt to make object names static from the original script data is a fools errand, or at least too complex for the benefit.
[01:06] <snover> but i might just be overthinking it, too
[01:31] --> Stormkeeper joined #scummvm.
[01:34] <-- Stormkpr left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[01:59] <-- Dominus left irc: Ping timeout: 260 seconds
[01:59] --> DominusExult joined #scummvm.
[01:59] Nick change: DominusExult -> Dominus
[02:01] <-- Joefish left irc: Ping timeout: 245 seconds
[02:02] --> Joefish joined #scummvm.
[02:02] #scummvm: mode change '+v Joefish' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[02:04] <-- Polynomial-C left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[02:04] --> Polynomial-C joined #scummvm.
[02:16] <snover> oh dear, i think i actually had a working solution at one point but just forgot to fix up reconstructClones
[03:10] --> nutron joined #scummvm.
[03:12] --> Strangerke_ joined #scummvm.
[03:14] <-- Strangerke left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[03:14] Nick change: Strangerke_ -> Strangerke
[04:36] mohdisham[m] --> (mohdishamm@gateway/shell/matrix.org/x-jbhqhrdvkqmbcskf) joined #scummvm.
[04:41] mohdisham[m] (mohdishamm@gateway/shell/matrix.org/x-jbhqhrdvkqmbcskf) left #scummvm ("User left").
[04:42] mohdisham[m] --> (mohdishamm@gateway/shell/matrix.org/x-jbhqhrdvkqmbcskf) joined #scummvm.
[04:46] mohdisham[m] (mohdishamm@gateway/shell/matrix.org/x-jbhqhrdvkqmbcskf) left #scummvm ("User left").
[05:09] --> rootfather joined #scummvm.
[05:10] <-- rootfather left irc: Changing host
[05:10] --> rootfather joined #scummvm.
[05:10] #scummvm: mode change '+o rootfather' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[05:33] <-- rootfather left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[05:47] <-- Lightkey left irc: Ping timeout: 255 seconds
[06:00] --> Lightkey joined #scummvm.
[06:26] --> m_kiewitz joined #scummvm.
[06:26] <-- m_kiewitz left irc: Changing host
[06:26] --> m_kiewitz joined #scummvm.
[06:26] #scummvm: mode change '+o m_kiewitz' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[06:30] <-- Strangerke left irc: Ping timeout: 246 seconds
[06:31] --> _sev|work joined #scummvm.
[06:31] #scummvm: mode change '+o _sev|work' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[06:31] <-- _sev|work left irc: Client Quit
[06:56] <-- ST left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[07:18] <-- LittleToonCat left irc: Remote host closed the connection
[07:19] --> waltervn joined #scummvm.
[07:19] #scummvm: mode change '+o waltervn' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[07:23] <waltervn> morning
[07:26] <-- Deledrius left irc: Quit: App.Exit
[07:30] <-- Cruel` left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[07:30] --> Cruel` joined #scummvm.
[07:42] <-- Joefish left irc: Ping timeout: 272 seconds
[07:44] --> Deledrius joined #scummvm.
[07:50] <-- TMM left irc: Quit: Ex-Chat
[08:14] <-- girafe left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer
[08:17] --> ajax16384 joined #scummvm.
[08:17] #scummvm: mode change '+o ajax16384' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[08:21] --> _sev|work joined #scummvm.
[08:21] <-- _sev|work left irc: Changing host
[08:21] --> _sev|work joined #scummvm.
[08:21] #scummvm: mode change '+o _sev|work' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[08:38] <-- _sev|work left irc: Quit: This computer has gone to sleep
[08:39] --> TMM joined #scummvm.
[08:39] #scummvm: mode change '+o TMM' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[09:22] --> ST joined #scummvm.
[09:22] #scummvm: mode change '+o ST' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[11:00] --> _sev|work joined #scummvm.
[11:00] #scummvm: mode change '+o _sev|work' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[11:07] <-- _sev|work left irc: Quit: This computer has gone to sleep
[11:27] <-- user9 left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[11:43] --> rootfather joined #scummvm.
[11:58] <-- TMM left irc: Quit: Ex-Chat
[12:05] --> user9 joined #scummvm.
[12:22] --> _sev|work joined #scummvm.
[12:22] #scummvm: mode change '+o _sev|work' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[12:22] <-- _sev|work left irc: Client Quit
[12:40] <-- user9 left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[12:40] --> user9 joined #scummvm.
[12:42] <-- user9 left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer
[12:42] --> user9 joined #scummvm.
[12:43] <-- rootfather left irc: Ping timeout: 258 seconds
[13:21] --> jamm joined #scummvm.
[13:21] <-- jamm left irc: Changing host
[13:21] --> jamm joined #scummvm.
[13:27] --> TMM joined #scummvm.
[13:27] #scummvm: mode change '+o TMM' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[14:15] <-- jamm left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer
[14:22] --> h00ligan joined #scummvm.
[14:22] #scummvm: mode change '+o h00ligan' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[14:24] <-- ajax16384 left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[14:24] --> _sev|work joined #scummvm.
[14:24] <-- _sev|work left irc: Changing host
[14:24] --> _sev|work joined #scummvm.
[14:24] #scummvm: mode change '+o _sev|work' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[14:31] <-- _sev|work left irc: Quit: This computer has gone to sleep
[14:31] --> ThirdChoice joined #scummvm.
[14:34] <-- h00ligan left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[14:56] --> Henke37 joined #scummvm.
[15:20] --> Begasus joined #scummvm.
[15:25] <-- Begasus left irc: Quit: Ex-Chat
[15:27] --> LittleToonCat joined #scummvm.
[15:30] --> Begasus joined #scummvm.
[15:32] --> ST1 joined #scummvm.
[15:32] <-- ST left irc: Disconnected by services
[15:43] --> ny00123 joined #scummvm.
[16:15] <-- ThirdChoice left irc: Quit: Leaving
[16:16] --> WooShell joined #scummvm.
[16:18] --> Begas_VBox joined #scummvm.
[16:26] <WooShell> meow =^.^=
[16:32] --> ajax16384 joined #scummvm.
[16:32] #scummvm: mode change '+o ajax16384' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[16:43] <-- ajax16384 left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer
[16:49] --> ajax16384 joined #scummvm.
[16:49] #scummvm: mode change '+o ajax16384' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[17:03] --> girafe joined #scummvm.
[17:15] <-- Begasus left irc: Ping timeout: 246 seconds
[17:15] <-- Begas_VBox left irc: Ping timeout: 255 seconds
[17:23] --> Joefish joined #scummvm.
[17:23] #scummvm: mode change '+v Joefish' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[17:27] --> Begasus joined #scummvm.
[17:31] --> SylvainTV joined #scummvm.
[17:31] #scummvm: mode change '+o SylvainTV' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[17:47] --> Farmboy0 joined #scummvm.
[17:47] <-- Farmboy0 left irc: Changing host
[17:47] --> Farmboy0 joined #scummvm.
[18:10] --> Begas_VBox joined #scummvm.
[18:26] --> exmensa_ joined #scummvm.
[18:27] <-- exmensa left irc: Ping timeout: 260 seconds
[19:12] <-- Begas_VBox left irc: Quit: Vision[0.9.8]: i've been blurred!
[19:13] <-- Begasus left irc: Quit: Ex-Chat
[19:25] <m_kiewitz> haha, Nintendo Training video from 198x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYjgHLFZMa0 glorious
[19:34] --> Strangerke joined #scummvm.
[19:35] <-- Mellified_Man left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer
[19:37] <-- heroux left irc: Ping timeout: 240 seconds
[19:37] --> Mellified_Man joined #scummvm.
[19:38] --> heroux joined #scummvm.
[19:46] <logix> does it feature paul rudd?
[20:33] --> _sev|work joined #scummvm.
[20:33] <-- _sev|work left irc: Changing host
[20:33] --> _sev|work joined #scummvm.
[20:33] #scummvm: mode change '+o _sev|work' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[20:33] --> Strangerke_ joined #scummvm.
[20:33] <-- Strangerke left irc: Ping timeout: 246 seconds
[20:33] Nick change: Strangerke_ -> Strangerke
[20:43] --> GitHub185 joined #scummvm.
[20:43] <GitHub185> [scummvm] wjp pushed 1 new commit to master: https://git.io/v9NbB
[20:43] <GitHub185> scummvm/master 779b833 Willem Jan Palenstijn: SCI: Let getClassAddress fail gracefully with SCRIPT_GET_DONT_LOAD...
[20:43] GitHub185 (GitHub185@192.30.252.34) left #scummvm.
[20:43] <wjp> m_kiewitz: that should fix that debugger crash with the class opcode you saw earlier
[20:43] <m_kiewitz> ah nice, thx
[20:49] <-- ajax16384 left irc: Quit: Leaving
[21:02] <-- Henke37 left irc: Quit: ERR_SHUTDOWN
[21:21] --> rsn8887 joined #scummvm.
[21:31] <-- ny00123 left irc: Quit: Leaving
[21:47] <-- girafe left irc: Read error: Connection reset by peer
[22:05] <-- waltervn left irc: Quit: Leaving
[22:14] <-- WooShell left irc: Quit: If you understand or if you don't, if you believe or if you doubt - There's a universal justice, and the eyes of truth are always watching you.
[22:26] <-- Farmboy0 left irc: Remote host closed the connection
[22:36] <-- m_kiewitz left irc: Quit: technology isn't intrinsically good or evil. It's how it's used. Like the Death Ray.
[23:10] --> dreammaster joined #scummvm.
[23:10] #scummvm: mode change '+o dreammaster' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.
[23:22] <mataniko> dreammaster, you wrote the RE howto right?
[23:24] <-- Joefish left irc: Ping timeout: 272 seconds
[23:31] <dreammaster> Yes, I did
[23:37] <mataniko> i'm trying to follow the font drawing example but maybe i'm misunderstanding something
[23:37] <mataniko> the game switches to mode 13
[23:37] <mataniko> my pixel is at 116*320+133=37253
[23:37] <mataniko> so i put a memory breakpoint at a000:9185
[23:37] <mataniko> nada
[23:38] <dreammaster> Did you use 'bpm' and not 'bp'?
[23:38] <mataniko> yeah
[23:39] <dreammaster> What you can/should also do then is break into the debugger after the character has been displayed, and use 'd a000:9180' to have a look at what the video memory is like. Maybe you got the coordinates slightly incorrect.
[23:39] <dreammaster> Using the data view can let you confirm what memory address has actually changed
[23:41] <dreammaster> Also try checking the data at -320 and +320 pixels, ie. the prior and following lines as well, just in case you got the row wrong, rather than just the column
[23:42] <snover> mataniko: what game are you looking at?
[23:45] <mataniko> ok maybe i got coords wrong, i've set it to a000:0 and when the mouse touches the corner it causes a change
[23:45] <-- t0by left irc: Quit: t0by
[23:45] <mataniko> snover i'm taking a look at willy beamish
[23:46] <mataniko> i'm determined to make some progress
[23:46] <dreammaster> Well, for PCs, the mouse cursor is usually a special case. There's special hardware routines for displaying a mouse cursor on the screen without actually changing video memory
[23:46] <mataniko> i've updated the old dsdg branch to work upstream
[23:46] <dreammaster> Oh, sorry, you mean it does make a change, nevermind then
[23:47] <mataniko> yeah, it goes on and off constantly, i'm assuming there's some invisible flicker
[23:47] <mataniko> redraw
[23:48] <dreammaster> If you've got the right sequence to get it to do a memory change break at a000:0, then there shouldn't be any problem with getting it to break at any other memory location on the screen.
[23:48] <dreammaster> Unless it's using some kind of weird variation of VGA, such as different pixel planes like EGA does it. Or it's using a special SVGA mode
[23:49] <mataniko> nah, dosbos is in vga mode 13
[23:49] <dreammaster> Never got round to playing Willy Beamish, so I don't know what resolution it runs in
[23:49] <mataniko> looks like 320x200 256
[23:49] <dreammaster> Out of curiousity, how are you telling?
[23:49] <mataniko> dosbox debugger tells you what mode its in
[23:49] <mataniko> on a switch
[23:50] <dreammaster> Oh. Of course, even then it doesn't 100% necessarily mean it's the pure MCGA 320x200x256. For example, see the ModeX variation: 2Z4JQ-GYHPY-RZGQM
[23:50] <mataniko> INT10:Set Video Mode 13
[23:50] <dreammaster> Sorry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_X
[23:50] <snover> hey, thats the password to my luggage!
[23:51] <mataniko> funny, your luggage redeems on steam!
[23:51] <mataniko> :)
[23:51] <dreammaster> Nevermind that, that was just a copy of Goat Simulator I got as part of the new Humble Indie bundle. It also has Owlboy, which by all accounts is a pretty good game.
[23:52] <mataniko> any game you know that runs in mode x?
[23:52] <mataniko> i wonder what dosbox says
[23:53] <dreammaster> No idea, sorry. It's not something games would particularly advertise, since in the end, it's still 320x200x256. Just a different way of accessing video memory, which wouldn't be of interest to the players
[23:54] <dreammaster> An easy way to tell. Try putting some values into a000:0, :1, :2, using the 'SM' command. See if individual pixels are set, or if multiple ones are set at the same time. Though you may need to step over a bunch of instructions after doing sm before the screen will refresh
[23:59] <snover> anyway, mataniko, its great to hear you are looking at this game. i always enjoy listening in on others discoveries working on these things. :)
[00:00] --- Wed May 17 2017